So Egg-citing!

Okay, I will try to make that the last time I use that corny "egg-citing" term, but this really was pretty special. I went into the coop because Reese was making a bunch of noise, and as usual, it was because someone was in the nesting box that she wanted (yes, 5 other boxes were available). So I popped Reese into a free box and closed the curtains for her which solved her problem and made the farm a tiny bit less noisy for the moment. It was Minerva Louise, our white leghorn hen, in the other nesting box and I watched her for a second (the curtains were open enough to see in) and realized that she was about to lay her egg. So I grabbed my phone and caught it all on camera. Pretty neat if you've never seen a hen actually lay an egg. Or maybe it falls into the  "gross" or '"weird" or "I didn't need to see that" category for some of you. If that's you, you might be visiting the wrong blog! :) But *this* is exactly why I started this blog... because I wish my my kids and husband were here to see these things with me! But, sadly, school and work are non-negotiable things in life. Sigh. The video link is below, so enjoy!
By the way, the cute, little, soft chicken noises you hear in the background are not Minerva Louise. She was totally silent while she laid her egg. It was our Mayzie cooing to me. She came in the coop just to see what I was up to in there.


Click Link here to see So Egg-citing video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr6S7joxtCQ

Love my colorful eggs. 

Almost too pretty to eat. Almost.

Thank you to Minerva Louise (white), Reese (green), 

Gertrude (light brown), and Penelope (dark brown)

Uh, no, Meghan, that was not cotton candy we were hiding in the walls. 

Glad you didn't actually eat any of it. 

The "cotton candy dispenser" has been boarded up. (Thanks, Jonathan)

I have the best co-workers. Love these mangy mutts.